Please help disabled driver choose a car

Mental Mickey · 29-03-2016 09:24PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Petrol or daysul, 1.0, 1.4 or 1.6?

Petrol

Mental Mickey · 29-03-2016 10:13PM

Dealer hasn't included a price for my car in that quote

colm_mcm · 29-03-2016 10:22PM

That would be normal. They do a separate buy in of your trade in so that you can claim more VAT back.

Mental Mickey · 29-03-2016 10:28PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

That would be normal. They do a separate buy in of your trade in so that you can claim more VAT back.

Thanks Colm

Mental Mickey · 30-03-2016 11:44AM

Lads

Quote for getting replacement part for the engine is €945 including labour.

The car is in for a service anyway which is going to cost €265

Also, the wipers need to be replaced, which is another 40 euro.

Over a grand for the whole lot!!!

I think I'm gonna go look at the Hyundai?

vectra · 30-03-2016 11:59AM

VW Scirocco?
Friend of mine drives one and he is in a wheelchair.

Moonbeam · 30-03-2016 12:03PM

Have a look at the Skodas, do you need a chair lift in the boot?

colm_mcm · 30-03-2016 12:07PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Lads

Quote for getting replacement part for the engine is €945 including labour.

The car is in for a service anyway which is going to cost €265

Also, the wipers need to be replaced, which is another 40 euro.

Over a grand for the whole lot!!!

I think I'm gonna go look at the Hyundai?

I wouldn't bother servicing it as you won't get an extra €265 for the car, nor will you lose €265 on the trade in if it isn't done.
unless it's in there right now

Mental Mickey · 30-03-2016 12:15PM

vectra wrote: »

VW Scirocco?
Friend of mine drives one and is a wheelchair.

Had a look. Roof too low

Mental Mickey · 30-03-2016 12:16PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I wouldn't bother servicing it as you won't get an extra €265 for the car, nor will you lose €265 on the trade in if it isn't done.
unless it's in there right now

It's in the dealer now. It was in for service anyway

Mental Mickey · 30-03-2016 12:17PM

Moonbeam wrote: »

Have a look at the Skodas, do you need a chair lift in the boot?

No don't need chair lift. I put chair in passenger seat

colm_mcm · 30-03-2016 12:19PM

Hope you don't mind me asking, but how do you manage the car with your fiancé, or does she go in the car with you?

Mental Mickey · 30-03-2016 12:20PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Hope you don't mind me asking, but how do you manage the car with your fiancé, or does she go in the car with you?

Separate cars

colm_mcm · 30-03-2016 12:24PM

Is that going to be the case in future as well?

Mental Mickey · 30-03-2016 12:28PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is that going to be the case in future as well?

Dunno. We talked about having one car between us, and the possibility of having one of those drive from vehicles too.....?

Mental Mickey · 31-03-2016 08:16AM

Another disadvantage we have, is that we can't take cars for test drives.....

colm_mcm · 31-03-2016 11:44AM

You know yourself, you only get the exemption every two years and cannot dispose of the car in that time. If the Golf is serviced and repaired I'd be inclined to hang on to it until the two of ye are certain what ye want out of a car. I'm sure herself would qualify for an exemption too, but at the same time there's no point in getting something for the sake of it and it getting in the way of getting the right car.
Even apart from a drive from wheelchair car, even something like a Berlingo multi space or similar that could accommodate both yourself and herself with you driving should be considered. Again I don't know whether the two of you can manage ramps etc without assistance.

vectra · 31-03-2016 04:10PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

You know yourself, you only get the exemption every two years and cannot dispose of the car in that time. .

Correct but not entirely correrct.
You can dispose of it but you must get permission from Revenue and you will have to pay back some if not most of the discount you initially get.

colm_mcm · 31-03-2016 06:40PM

Point being, you're realistically committing to the car for 2 years.

vectra · 31-03-2016 07:15PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Point being, you're realistically committing to the car for 2 years.

Yes,
But you can if you wish change it whenever you want,
This results in the repayment to revenue.

Mental Mickey · 31-03-2016 08:45PM

The following is the deal I've been given to change my car; this DOES NOT include the cost of the conversions, which is another kettle of fish altogether!!!!

Hyundai I30 Diesel Deluxe 3 door Auto - 27045
VRT - 5563
Bal - 21482
Less VAT - 4106 = 17465
Less 2010 VW Golf(3465)

= 14000

Thoughts?

GustavoFring · 31-03-2016 09:27PM

€3465 for a 6 year old Golf? Is it in terrible nick or something? Intergallactic mileage? Really is very, very small money for it.

Mental Mickey · 31-03-2016 09:37PM

GustavoFring wrote: »

€3465 for a 6 year old Golf? Is it in terrible nick or something? Intergallactic mileage? Really is very, very small money for it.

Lol!! No there's only 20 odd thousand kilometres on it. The body has bumps and scratches all around it though- particularly along the drivers door sill....where I rest my chair when taking it apart/assembling it.

Dealer said he's going to have to pump a lot of cash into getting it back to good nick to re-sell it

colm_mcm · 01-04-2016 09:46AM

Whoa there! Is that against the list price of the car?

How much is a 3 door auto i30 on the road?

Just remind us, isn't your car a 2010 1.4 TSI DSG?

Mental Mickey · 01-04-2016 10:06AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Whoa there! Is that against the list price of the car?

How much is a 3 door auto i30 on the road?

Just remind us, isn't your car a 2010 1.4 TSI DSG?

The 3 door auto is 27k I think? Yes, my car is a 2010 1.4 TSI DSG

colm_mcm · 01-04-2016 10:09AM

That does not sound like a good deal at all.

Mental Mickey · 01-04-2016 10:22AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

That does not sound like a good deal at all.

Why? Explain as simply as you can lol! Dealer said that there's a lot of damage to all four panels of the car(which there is!), and that it will take a lot of work to repair it.

colm_mcm · 01-04-2016 10:27AM

ok. a 3 door petrol auto i30 is not a desirable car to anyone except you. the masses want a 5 door not auto and probably diesel. so this is the kind of car you don't want hanging around the place. normally you would expect a dealer to discount such a car by at least €1500. this doesn't seem to have happened here and it looks like they're charging you full RRP.
they're effectively getting your Golf for 2 grand

by the looks of it.

unless the car is in pure Shiite or I've got my figures wrong on the hyundai it doesn't add up.

Mental Mickey · 01-04-2016 10:38AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

ok. a 3 door petrol auto i30 is not a desirable car to anyone except you. the masses want a 5 door not auto and probably diesel. so this is the kind of car you don't want hanging around the place. normally you would expect a dealer to discount such a car by at least €1500. this doesn't seem to have happened here and it looks like they're charging you full RRP.
they're effectively getting your Golf for 2 grand

by the looks of it.

unless the car is in pure Shiite or I've got my figures wrong on the hyundai it doesn't add up.

It's a 3 door diesel auto. I've to hand him 14k for the i30....then I've to go and pay for either getting the hand controls transferred- or maybe a new set cos they're in their 3rd car, and possibly a new electric seat raiser too.....?

'Tis great being disabled lol!!!

colm_mcm · 01-04-2016 10:51AM

got ya. still seems like a bit of a raw deal. have you priced a golf for comparison?

Please help disabled driver choose a car

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